The DOJ’s ‘Crown Jewel’ Has Been Tarnished: Barbara McQuade

The Civil Rights Division has been called the crown jewel of the US Department of Justice. However, many of its top lawyers are fleeing their once coveted jobs as the Trump administration recasts the division’s mission to attack the very interests it once protected.

Harmeet K. Dhillon, the new assistant attorney general who heads the division, confirmed in a weekend interview that more than 100 of its lawyers have left rather than work on cases targeting transgender athletes, diversity initiatives and “woke ideology.” In January, the division employed 380 lawyers, and the exodus may not be over.

“Now, over 100 attorneys ...